#b5cdfb

Color #b5cdfb

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#b5cdfb

RGB

rgb(181, 205, 251)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 89.7%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 27.9%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(82.08, 2.05, -25.2)

LCH

lch(82.08, 25.28, 274.65)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0697, 263.32)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 71%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbe3b5

Analogous

#b5f0fb

#b5cdfb

#c0b5fb

Triadic

#b5cdfb

#fbb5cd

#cdfbb5

Split-complementary

#b5cdfb

#fbc0b5

#f0fbb5

Tetradic

#b5cdfb

#e3b5fb

#fbe3b5

#cdfbb5

Square

#b5cdfb

#fbb5f0

#fbe3b5

#b5fbc0

Shades

Color #b5cdfb mixed toward black.

#719ff7

#2c71f4

#0b4ecd

#073489

#041a44

Tints

Color #b5cdfb mixed toward white.

#c1d5fc

#cedefc

#dae6fd

#e6eefe

#f3f7fe

Tones

Color #b5cdfb mixed toward gray.

#bbcff5

#c1d1ef

#c6d3e9

#ccd4e4

#d2d6de

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c0f1 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#bebdee · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#b6e9e7 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5cdfb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5cdfb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#b5cdfb (#b5cdfb) is rgb(181, 205, 251) in RGB.

No, #b5cdfb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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